Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-15

-iiil going on every dag, and relies Of
value unrarihci, ihn, make glad the
| hearts 1T historians and anliQuarians.
The thing tIat imprps-cs yon most,
IN looking ~ ~. Peters and the Va.
| TRAN. il their immense size, had ns
CON" ption or their hnsr proportions
] he / az Square columns That SUPP Dr.,
the Dome of 81. Peters are .grli larger
( than any Ordinary house, apd there il
not y SQUARE in itc city large rH0lsh
10 hold the tour. Everything inside
! Che grea; chnrrii ~ Not only magniti.
cent and dazzling III appearance, hut
colossal IN siz" still the perspective
j. such thai no,iiin. looks nuna,ma 81
nor AN IF proportion. Standing at
the eliranrp 10 the nave the gui IT,
a-krd 10" il | 'ioisht | conid reach 10
tir top OF the prdesiniI that support
The !Hur bronze rollnlns ut the altar.
answered. certainly | could. When
we walked Ip to them | found that,
They reached i've or six feet ahUv" INV
head. Among the many beantilu,
specimens Of uri observed. one cspcr-
tally ATTRACTED nv attention it was u
| fine bronze statue of 81. Peter. stand
my ut The VI o. 'hc High Altar,
with QUE iani projected forward, the
treat jor OF Sh,rli had been pllirc.v
kissed away ~ the faithful. Al the
lime ] was there, persons were rpniin-
uaiiy kn"rlina before il, and TAX u.
ON u handkerchief would wipe the re
lpiins % the Toe ana dnvoniiy kiss il.
saw Il iO.elr -taiae OF the Virgin
Mary, with the Infant Sayiour IN her
arms, upon winch hung hundreds Of
thousands of dollars worth of dia-
mnnd-, rniIica and other precious
-ipi,p.. Thrr cRrirclea her meek. arms
and ankles md were the offerings OF
y ons Catholics.
In one OF the churches nf Rome |
saw the santa Scala. or marble steps,
brongi, from the house of Pnn,in, Pi
late, in Jerusalem !; and which the Sa
yior s,rrnded. a devoted nun was
>lowll going mp these step upon her
knees. uil"ring u prayer al each step.
When she reached II point where y
drop of Chrisl's blooi Is said to ha,c
fallen. and which l. protected !, Il
golden covering, she fcrerently kiss
C il.
II is impossible 10 conceive of the
vast Sralih concentrated in The Cath.
Ole Churches in Europe. have hccn
in at least Ave hundred of them, and
was lwnys impressed by the immrn.
-. ut,l Nul.,., ~ lt,..;E aut tpun.t,rus
their collection OF articles ~ gold and
.ilv r. and heir co.il, jewels n, we'll
ns the lraut, ufthrir Architecture.
We snw the Coliseum by moon
light. and il quit" drser.e> all thai BY.
ron said about II W.. also had n
drive along the Appian Way. revealing
IL we went. IN historical rr'oll"r,l,n-
at thai famous Roman thoroughfarr,
We did not flnd il very warm In
Z ,mr ~ ,he shade, or ri, night. bl'
i,u, for two or three hours III m,dday
i. j. very hot in the >un The street,
are 30 Narrow. and the l0usc> ~ tan
TINT it, rays only rr.rl, the earth II,
al this time Ut day During thes,
warm hours, all Rome seem, to h. j,
u torpid. inactive state; the pc0pl,
quit business, mat OF the shops arc
CLOSED, nn,l ever, cUnl place nmi shat,
nUok is covered with erl"rs IN,
. every cool place aud shat, nook !,
. covered with sleeper, and loungerS
I In the evening. n%riiyiiy begins again
/ aud The STREETS ARE alive with persons
I cm"king, washing. Sowing and eatin.
IN the open street. Trul, Rome is N
. interesting riiy. full of wonders an'
r,rh IN scene OF the most attractive
= character -thnsc thai instruct AMI cn
I terrain To m eminent degree
From Rom, We went Ia Naples
. where VI" saw the rral Italians thnsa
" q hal read about The hrst thin,
:. Tint attracted our attention was III,
: vas, amount of dirt. filth and disagree
able Uti0r- encountered ever, where
u nht the my stery was, how p"1l''
could live nj all under such dirrnm
. stances No wonder cholera wa
there. for II found n eoDgcnial home
! In view ot these ~dificultica, We decil
Il ed TO stay hut one day, hnd spcn
" most ofu.e time ut Pomprii. But
" have not time 10 describe this wonder
'r ful unearthed Roman city, aud will dc
20 Ter u III vFita again.